I wondered if anyone would comment on that aspect.
I remember hordes of birds in my youth. We lived on the south side of Chicago and we had hummingbirds visit the morning glories, all manner of birds chirping, cheeping and meeping every day, all day. Every morning we'd hear their chorus start up as they enthusiastically greeted the day.
I wondered if anyone would comment on that aspect.
I remember hordes of birds in my youth. We lived on the south side of Chicago and we had hummingbirds visit the morning glories, all manner of birds chirping, cheeping and meeping every day, all day. Every morning we'd hear their chorus start up as they enthusiastically greeted the day.
I actually have hordes of birds in my yard daily. Four kinds of woodpeckers, cardinals, bluejays, mockingbirds, titmouse, carolina chickadees, wrens, hummingbirds and more doves than I want to see because I have groups of feeders in three areas of my yard. I also plant bird friendly plants and shrubs. I leave certain areas a little unkept just for the birds. I spend a small fortune on bird seed weekly but will continue as long as I can. I actually have visiting indigo buntings and rose breasted grosbeak right now. The woods around where I live are being clearcut little by little. I receive more pleasure and calm from the birds than I could ever repay. They are my constant reminder that life goes on without human interference.
I know this was off topic but I look for sanity wherever I can find it.
Between thousands of birds running into sky scrapers, getting confused at night due to over lighting in cities and towns alone the flyways, large populations of feral and and domestic cats killing more thousands and I have t even mentioned loss of habitat. Instead of infilling and aggregating land in cities and towns, developers are pushing to get agricultural and woodlands and in many cases preserved lands for development. The Commissioners and Councils are under relentless pressure from wealthy, experienced developers to take this type of land. They put lipstick on the pig by offering a few workforce housing and a library but we just canтАЩt afford this type of development any longer. We have to get smart environmentally or we and the wildlife we love are doomed. They also offer up other tracks of land in exchange but this is not a good deal. Wildlife needs large tracks of contiguous land to survive.
You have to move outside of big cities and into the small towns. Chicago is an over 2 hour drive from me. I haven't been there since I don't when. My sister needed a ride to O'Hare, and lucky me. Ha Coming back was a lot better, less traffic. Anyway, my hometown only has 7900 people. That's it. Surrounded by corn and beans. We moved into this house 4+ years ago. I yanked all the plants and have spent the last 4+ years replanting with native. Monee is my favorite place to go, great native nursery there. We're getting more and more varieties of birds. Hummingbirds and Baltimore Orioles haven't shown up quite yet. They both should be here any day! We get a lot of woodpeckers, but we get a special bird. A Northern Flicker! A friend of mine says they're not supposed to be town, instead they should be out by the creek. Well well! I must be doing something right...lol I have a new sparrow, but I've yet to ID. I love the Cardinal and Blue Jay, and I really love when a Cooper's Hawk decides to land on one of my feeding stations! If that's not cool! The other day, there was 1 up in the sky, just down from me, swirling around in the sky. S/he was joined by another, I continued to watch, amazed as they flew closer. Finally, a 3rd hawk joined! There were 3 hawks, swooping, sailing, flying across the sky above me. If that wasn't cool! No skyscrapers anywhere near me. Maybe a 2 story house...lol
I wondered if anyone would comment on that aspect.
I remember hordes of birds in my youth. We lived on the south side of Chicago and we had hummingbirds visit the morning glories, all manner of birds chirping, cheeping and meeping every day, all day. Every morning we'd hear their chorus start up as they enthusiastically greeted the day.
Ain't nothing like that nowadays.
I actually have hordes of birds in my yard daily. Four kinds of woodpeckers, cardinals, bluejays, mockingbirds, titmouse, carolina chickadees, wrens, hummingbirds and more doves than I want to see because I have groups of feeders in three areas of my yard. I also plant bird friendly plants and shrubs. I leave certain areas a little unkept just for the birds. I spend a small fortune on bird seed weekly but will continue as long as I can. I actually have visiting indigo buntings and rose breasted grosbeak right now. The woods around where I live are being clearcut little by little. I receive more pleasure and calm from the birds than I could ever repay. They are my constant reminder that life goes on without human interference.
I know this was off topic but I look for sanity wherever I can find it.
Thank you Judd and team for your great reporting.
Between thousands of birds running into sky scrapers, getting confused at night due to over lighting in cities and towns alone the flyways, large populations of feral and and domestic cats killing more thousands and I have t even mentioned loss of habitat. Instead of infilling and aggregating land in cities and towns, developers are pushing to get agricultural and woodlands and in many cases preserved lands for development. The Commissioners and Councils are under relentless pressure from wealthy, experienced developers to take this type of land. They put lipstick on the pig by offering a few workforce housing and a library but we just canтАЩt afford this type of development any longer. We have to get smart environmentally or we and the wildlife we love are doomed. They also offer up other tracks of land in exchange but this is not a good deal. Wildlife needs large tracks of contiguous land to survive.
You have to move outside of big cities and into the small towns. Chicago is an over 2 hour drive from me. I haven't been there since I don't when. My sister needed a ride to O'Hare, and lucky me. Ha Coming back was a lot better, less traffic. Anyway, my hometown only has 7900 people. That's it. Surrounded by corn and beans. We moved into this house 4+ years ago. I yanked all the plants and have spent the last 4+ years replanting with native. Monee is my favorite place to go, great native nursery there. We're getting more and more varieties of birds. Hummingbirds and Baltimore Orioles haven't shown up quite yet. They both should be here any day! We get a lot of woodpeckers, but we get a special bird. A Northern Flicker! A friend of mine says they're not supposed to be town, instead they should be out by the creek. Well well! I must be doing something right...lol I have a new sparrow, but I've yet to ID. I love the Cardinal and Blue Jay, and I really love when a Cooper's Hawk decides to land on one of my feeding stations! If that's not cool! The other day, there was 1 up in the sky, just down from me, swirling around in the sky. S/he was joined by another, I continued to watch, amazed as they flew closer. Finally, a 3rd hawk joined! There were 3 hawks, swooping, sailing, flying across the sky above me. If that wasn't cool! No skyscrapers anywhere near me. Maybe a 2 story house...lol